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NBPCB Board Members
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Allen Harris, ME President Birmingham, Alabama |
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C Edwin Vaughan, PhD Vice-President Atherton, California Former University professor; author of numerous books in the blindness field |
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Edward Bell, PhD, NOMC Secretary/Treasurer Ruston, Louisiana Director, Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness at Louisiana Tech University |
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Christine Boone, JD Kalamazoo , Michigan |
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Joe Cordova Honolulu, Hawaii Administrator, Hawaii Vocational Rehabilitation and Services/Blind Division; former Regional Commissioner, Chicago/Kansas City region, Rehabilitation Services Administration; former national director, Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Rehabilitation Services Administration; former deputy director, New Mexico Commission for the Blind |
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James Gashel Colorado Vice President of Marketing, KNFB Reading Technologies; former Director for Governmental Affairs, National Federation of the Blind; former Director, Iowa Orientation and Adjustment Center for the Blind |
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Lea Grupen, MEd, CRC Honolulu, Hawaii Branch Administrator, Orientation Center and Field Services Director at Ho'opono Services for the Blind, Hawaii Vocational Rehabilitation and Services for the Blind in Honolulu, Hawaii |
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James Omvig, JD Arizona Author and consultant on issues concerning blindness; former Director, Iowa Orientation and Adjustment Center for the Blind, Handicapped Employment Program, Office for Civil Rights, Social Security Administration and Alaska Center for Blind and Deaf Adults |
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Fredric Schroeder, PhD, NOMC Vienna, Virginia Research Professor, San Diego State University; President, International Council on English Braille; Master's Degreed O&M instructor; former director of Special Education programs for the Albuquerque, New Mexico schools; former Director, New Mexico Commission for the Blind; former Commissioner, Federal Rehabilitation Services Administration |
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Pearl Van Zandt, PhD Lincoln, Nebraska Director, Nebraska Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired; Peer reviewer for the Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness; and former President of the National Council of State Agencies for the Blind |










